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(No Model.)

J. H. STEVENSON.

CURTAIN SUPPORT.

Patented Sept. 24, 1895.

JOHN H. STEVENSON, OF ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE ANN ARBORMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF sAME PLACE.

CURTAIN-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,832, datedSeptember 24, 1895.

Application filed F r y 26, 1895- Serial No. 589,808. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. STEVENSON, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Ann Arbor, in the county of Washtenaw and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements inOurtain-Supports, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the construction of a curtain-support, and inparticular in the construction of a plate or socket with which thebracket on the pole is adapted to be detachably engaged, so that theentire pole may r5 be quickly and readily removed.

The invention further consists in the construction of a pole whereby itsmanufacture is cheapen ed and simplified, and made so that it can bemore easily put together or dismounted, all as more fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of my improved device,showing the bracket arranged in line with the pole. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of one end thereof, showing the bracket arranged atright angles to the pole. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of thebracket-head and pole-section detached, illustrating the construction ofthe connection between the pole and head.

In the prior art curtain-poles and brackets therefor have been made inwhich the pole was made in two sections telescoping at their meetingends and detachably engaging with end heads, such heads having pivotedthereto brackets adapted to be turned in line with or at an angle to theheads. In such previous constructions, however, the brackets have beenconstructed to be attached directly to the woodwork by screws. In orderto detach the bracket it was necessary to remove the screws.

My present construction is intended an as improvement upon such priordevices.

The pole I make in two tubular sections A A, preferably splittubes,telescopically engaging together at their meeting ends, as shownin Fig. 1. At the outer end the tubes are provided with the slot B,(shown in Fig. 3,) and one lip of the tube beside the slot is formedwith the boss or tooth C, preferably by striking up the metal.

D are the heads or end caps for the tubesections, having the tubularsocket D at one end, in which the outer ends of the tubes are adapted tobe engaged. In engaging a tube in a socket the end is slightlycontracted, narrowing the slot B until the boss or tooth G enters theapertureE in the socket, in which it springs, and thus detachably locksthe tube in the socket. This lock is suiiicient to prop- 6o erly holdthe parts against accidental displacement, but permits the withdrawal ofthe tube bya sharp pull at any time. This connection is cheaply made, isamply secure, and yet the parts can be engaged and disengaged 5 5longitudinally without turning or twisting the parts, as in ascrew-thread engagement. The head has a split or bifurcation, as shownat G, to receive one end of the bracket H, which is preferably anangular piece of sheet metal, one arm H having screw-holes, by means ofwhich the device may, if desired,be secured to the woodwork. This I deemobjectional, as the pole (with such construction) can only be detachedby removing the screws. To overcome this objection I form a plate I withthe flanges J, in which the securing-arm of the bracket is adapted todetachably engage. This plate is provided with means for permanentlysecuring it in position on the woodwork, such as screws K passingthrough screw-holes in the plate.

The lips or flanges J are of a length corresponding to the length of thesecuring-arm of the bracket, while the plate has the upper extension Lof corresponding length, which I gives a finished appearance to thedevice. It is evident that the pole-brackets can be lifted out of thesockets or flanges on the plates and the plates be left permanently inposition, if desired; also that the use of the plates does not in anyWay affect the utility of the bracket, with all the advantages whichsuch construction has.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a curtain support, the combinationwith the pole and heads thereon, of brackets pivotally secured to thehead comprising fiat metal strips of uniform thickness having theirouter ends bent at right angles, the securing plates having paralleledge flanges formed with inwardly turned edges and of uniform sizethroughout, substantially as described.

2. In a curtain support, the combination of the telescoping tubular polesection, having a slot B at its outer end, the boss 0 on one lip of theslot, the heads, and the tubular sockets on the heads, having anaperture E 10 adapted to receive the boss 0, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN H. STEVENSON. \Vitnesses:

GEo. W. BULLIs, J. B. BULLIs.

